Sparks From a Flint; Odd Rhymes for Odd Times

by E. V. L., Edward Verrall Lucas

$100 · Offered by Swan's Fine Books

London: Howe & Co. / Saxon & Co., 1890 . Hardcover. Twenty-fourmo size, 95 pp. Very good. Item #16020575 English humourist, essayist, playwright, biographer, publisher, poet and novelist Edward Verrall Lucas' 1868-1938 first book; a collection of tongue-in-cheek verses, with numerous literary references. Much to Lucas' dismay, the publishers inserted a preface without his permission, and he was so upset with

• Binding: Hardcover

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